Housing assistance and employment: How far-reaching are the effects of rental subsidies?

Social Service Review

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 635-674

  Heintze, Theresa C ^a   Berger, Lawrence M ^b   Naidich, Wendy B ^c   Meyers, Marcia K ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 33845573942     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508381     Document Type: Article

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